‘Prisoners’ Scribe Writing an ‘Alien’ Script for Ridley Scott!
‘Prisoners’ scribe Aaron Guzikowski has been tapped to write a new ‘Alien’ film for Ridley Scott, one that ties into Fassbender’s David!
In space, everyone can hear me screaming right now.
THR reports that Aaron Guzikowski, the writer behind Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners, has been tapped to pen a new Alien film for 20th Century Studios and Ridley Scott!
This will be the second time the two have worked together, after Guzikowski worked on Raised by Wolves with Scott, the filmmaker who created the Alien franchise back in 1979.
Before you get too excited, Scott isn’t currently tapped to direct the project. Instead, he’ll produce alongside Michael Pruss via their Scott Free production banner. Scott Aversano will oversee for 20th Century.
We’ll wait to see who ends up directing, but Guzikowski is a fascinating choice to write the script. His work, especially Prisoners, displays exactly the kind of dark, moral underbelly the Alien franchise thrives on. Expect him to pen one mean Alien movie.
The outlet also notes that the film is not the sequel to Alien: Romulus that’s in the works. THR also confirms that “the connective tissue, according to sources, is the amoral android played by Michael Fassbender. Fassbender is not attached at this stage.”
